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i guess so

Yeah, that seems fair.  I'm fairly certain that the grandson of Pharaoh would be considered royalty.

yeah I was about to say, why dont we just give moses the identifier "Everything related to heroes"

To be from a ‘Royal Family’, they must be from a ‘Family’ and that the family must be ‘Royal’.  A strict use of the word ‘family’ includes physical parents, spouses, children, and grandchildren.  In other words, people who would be considered royalty if related to a King, Queen, Prince, Princess, Emperor, or Pharaoh.

From the REG, Looks like it has to be biological.

The problem here is that if Moses is royalty, he would also need to be--by definition--an Eyptian.  If Moses is an Egyptian then Miriam would ignore him all the time.  Do you really want to be responsible for that kind of family strife just to win a card game?

I didn't think so.

So true. 

It's very nice to see you on the boards again, MJB.

I think he meant jechobed (sp?)

Yes assuming you don't use moses' awesome form, I mean... S.a.less.

physical parents

I assumed physical would be biological. AHHH *pokes your political correctness* ahem sorry. pet peeve.

Besides Miriam doesn't ignore Egyptians; Jochebed does. 

Fixed in the original.  Thanx.

Which brings up the question can a hero ignore another hero?

Shrug. I asked this earlier in another thread about Miriam's ability, and no one answered.

To be from a ‘Royal Family’, they must be from a ‘Family’ and that the family must be ‘Royal’.  A strict use of the word ‘family’ includes physical parents, spouses, children, and grandchildren.  In other words, people who would be considered royalty if related to a King, Queen, Prince, Princess, Emperor, or Pharaoh.

Something else to consider, maybe more along the lines of a random thought, if Moses is royality, would that also make Aaron, Miriam, Jochabed royal as well for being related to him? Kinda doesn't make much sense for them to be royal...Guess the question probably has been asked about David vs King David...if he was royality before he became King...I could see a fantasy card or maybe this idea appearing in a future expansion, "Prince Moses" but for general ruling, I'd have to say no, Moses isn't royality. He may have been adopted into pharoh's family, but as for as doing anything politically with his position, he didn't do a lot...except for that whole killing an egyptian thingy...I could be wrong on this. I probably am.

If you have to have egyptian blood to be egyptian, why wouldn't you have to have royal blood to be royal?

I see the logic in that statement.  We obviously have to draw the line somewhere.  Maybe bloodline should be the place to draw that line.

Esther,  Bathsheba (and others) didn't have royal blood, but they're listed as royalty in the REG.  They became royalty, in this example, through marriage.  Using that logic a person could also become royal family through adoption.  Both are legally binding contracts to tie a person to a family in our society.

Hey,

Esther,  Bathsheba (and others) didn't have royal blood, but they're listed as royalty in the REG.

They may not have had royal blood "passed down" to them from their parents.  But they did pass royal blood down to thier kids.  So they did have royal blood in my eyes.

Tschow,

Tim "Sir Nobody" Maly, WildCard Secretary of Defense
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